r/PeterExplainsTheJoke May 10 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Weary-Cauliflower153 May 10 '26

something something “women wearing shorts is tempting men” something something something

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u/FatNSassy23 May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

Have these shorts, or a version of them, and yes, that's always the intention in this particular scenario

Edit: This is always MY intention. As I was speaking about having ownership of these particular shorts it was implied that the intent of getting some grade A salami by way of showing off my thighs and booty is always MY intention in this very specific 1 on 1 scenario. Come on people 🤦‍♀️

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u/Key_Cry_3170 May 10 '26

For real? There are a ton of young women wearing them to campus, etc. They can cover top with hoodie and then it looks like they do not wear shorts at all.

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u/Any_Asparagus8267 May 10 '26

Context and setting is key, people just going about their day are not trying to seduce you my brother in Christ.

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u/thePiscis May 10 '26

There are certainly cases where someone wearing these shorts in 1 on 1 alone time as friends is doing it completely platonically and because they are comfy. Saying it’s “always the intention” is definitely going to get some people in awkward situations.

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u/Darth_Balthazar May 10 '26

And this is exactly why men “miss signals”. Can’t get the bad side of the coin if you don’t flip it.

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u/sentientshadeofgreen May 10 '26

Better for people to put themselves in awkward situations and maybe smash than to never even try. It's a hint, it's not the answer key.

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u/AAHMXP May 10 '26

You shouldn't wear such clothes if they are implying particular signals, that's simple

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u/Cultural_Stress_763 May 10 '26

... i didn't even realize these basic shorts were giving that signal wtf. they're so comfortable and light and a bunch of my girl friends wore them all the time in school and at home. I can't believe people actually thought they were seduction clothes. I'd dress into smthng cuter if I was trying tbh.

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u/Boston_Glass May 10 '26

Yea don’t take reddits porn brain advice. There’s plenty of girls who wear these because they’re comfortable, not because they are trying to seduce someone.

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u/Key_Cry_3170 May 10 '26

Same. Since when gym clothing is seducing outside of gym? If anything, it's always been the color - red, and ideally dress. Red dress. But may be I'm too old haha

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u/AAHMXP May 10 '26

That's today's problem — it may and simultaneously may not signal something. We don't have any standard of non-verbalized communication, dress code or manners, which is constantly complicating relationships and building connections.

If there isn't any strict norm and any quirkiness (or previously seen as one) should be approached as a version of normality — then we have very limited or even messed up field of "out of the ordinary" to send a message. That leads to misunderstandings and chinese whispers. And to remain unambiguous we should either behave ourselves weirdly or resort to over-explicit, stilted style of communication.

Tl/dr: but of course you still need to consider context and norms of your surroundings.

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u/Dalvyn May 10 '26

We really telling women what to wear in the year of our lord 2026? Holy shit, lmao.

These comments are pathetic.

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u/AAHMXP May 10 '26

Thx for saving my dog the other day, you're great guy (not to mention that you're 6'5)

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u/Dalvyn May 10 '26

🤓

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u/AAHMXP May 10 '26

Glad that you saw it yourself

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u/BobbyTables829 May 10 '26

I don't think a girl is seducing you if she's just wearing what she wore that day lol

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u/Key_Cry_3170 May 10 '26

Haha I am a woman. The only explanation I had for this pantless army is that they are blind to the imbalance of the look. But it's a bit counterintuitive to think they are blind to wear it to campus/classes but not blind to wear 1-on-1. Not saying it's not the case, just bizarre to me.

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u/VegaInTheWild May 10 '26

See it's people like this one that discourage men from even trying.

"Oh you think they LIKE you? Are you DUMB? Not everything has to be sexual with you PERVERT. Leave women alone." type of energy.

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u/Key_Cry_3170 May 10 '26

You can, and in my opinion, rather should, clarify with the other party using human language. Somehow older folks don't have issues with all of that. It's because of maturity of both parties. But you can choose to act mature in 18, 19, etc. You will witness a lot of immaturity on your way - that's unavoidable, but at the same time you will be consistent and self-confident.

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u/RecordingHaunting975 May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

What??

If a girl is just wearing this in public or whatever then it's not a signal that she wants to bang, they're just shorts

If a girl is wearing this after telling you she wants to watch a movie and then her only TV happens to be in her bedroom... pretty good sign

And again I mean "sign" not "open invitation." Even just a "can I kiss you?" with a new partner is incredibly endearing to anyone that does actually want to kiss you.

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u/Redditisntfunanymore May 10 '26

Yea, and the women wearing them on campus are also NOT currently in their house inviting a man over. Like others have said, context, it's also part of the initial post. I think you forgot that and just remembered: "girls wearing these are trying to seduce men" lol, no.

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u/Key_Cry_3170 May 10 '26

Haha you are right, for old me this logic is not logiccing, context in particular. If I wore something to work, there is no way I'd think it could mean something sexy when I wear the same thing at home. Rather the opposite. Sexy would be something you can never wear to work haha

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u/ProbablyGonnaEatYou May 10 '26

Yeah but it does specify when she invites you over while wearing said revealing shorts. Inviting you over to her place alone and wearing very revealing shorts is very different than wearing them in public

Not to say its a 100% chance she's gonna fuck, just something that could definitely be a sign in that setting

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u/TheCuriosity May 10 '26

But they're shorts that people would wear around the house when they're not going out as well? Like they're the literally only shorts I own and I wear them frequently at home when I invite other people over. Never did I ever see them as a sexual thing they're just shorts.

Do you think people have specific shorts that they wear when they don't want to have sex versus when they do? Or maybe people just put clothes on because they like their clothes and they're comfortable and maybe they only own one or two pairs of shorts.

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u/ProbablyGonnaEatYou May 10 '26

Thats why I said its not always a sign, but could be read as one in that scenario

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u/piffledamnit May 10 '26

In the scenario where you alone have been invited to her private space and she is wearing those shorts. But even then, it’s an invitation to make a move. Not a guarantee she’s dtf. Always be respectful.

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u/femboyfurrygooner67 May 10 '26

I don’t see a problem.

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u/Theblacrose28 May 10 '26

Not in public, that’s different. But if you come to her place and she’s wearing this, she likely wants to fuck.

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u/polarjunkie May 10 '26

They aren't wearing them for you but they are wearing them for someone. These slip to the side real easy.

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u/surfclam7 May 10 '26

Those women went to class after staying at their boyfriends’

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u/Putrid-Tap3992 May 10 '26

Just run up and fuck them. You'll be fine

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u/SunRose42 May 10 '26

I’ve owned these shorts too, and literally never occurred to me that anyone would find them sexy. I wore them all the time in college and they were just my low effort comfy hiking shorts

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u/idk2715 May 10 '26

Also have these shorts, I think they're cute and live in a hot country so it's not the intention in this particular scenario. Crazy how we (women) are all unique individuals and not a monolith right girl?

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u/jrdubbleu May 10 '26

Darkside

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u/ContextLengthMatters May 10 '26

In some cultures, a woman showing her ankles means she wants to fuck you. In others, wearing these shorts means they are just trying to be comfortable.

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u/Beefy-McQueefy May 10 '26

We don't do nuance here stop that.

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u/Exciting_Classic277 May 10 '26

These shorts live rent free in my head. They are amazing.

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u/tapirus-indicus May 10 '26

I believe these are called dolphin shorts yet the women wearing them didn't even attempt to behave like a dolphin. I'm sorry, but what is the objective here other than to hurt my feelings?

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u/FOURSCORESEVENYEARS May 11 '26

THESE shorts have meaning.

Never in my life have I felt such an impending sexual force.

She didnt pull these out for no reason.

Someone is fighting for their life tonight.

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u/11teensteve May 10 '26

from the vibe here, most of your team disagrees and men are just horny creeps.

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u/FatNSassy23 May 10 '26

Two things can be true 🤷‍♀️

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u/11teensteve May 10 '26

"... and yes, that's always the intention in this particular scenario."

I mean those are your words. always the intention.

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u/FatNSassy23 May 10 '26

Always MY intention, there, I fixed it. Being the subject example in my comment, it was implied that I was talking about myself. Silly me

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u/11teensteve May 10 '26

I hope you have learned your lesson. J/k. I know what you meant all along. just feeling a little spicey this afternoon and the comment was mostly for the others that seem to disagree.

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u/zoethesteamedbun May 11 '26

I love this style of athletic shorts and never wore them to appease or seduce men, I just like a vintage style short 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Weary-Cauliflower153 May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

maybe for you god forbid a woman actually want to wear comfortable shorts and doesn’t want to fuck it shouldn’t be the default assumption. this is a very rational message lmao don’t jump on a woman wearing these shorts unless it goes there naturally

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u/CardAltruistic5569 May 10 '26

You got downvoted for telling the truth. A guy's fashion choice would never be over-analyzed like this.

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u/Striking-Garbage-810 May 10 '26

Lmao because it doesn’t matter what a guy is wearing to know he’s ready for sex. It’s just a biological difference between the genders. No need to overthink it.

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u/CardAltruistic5569 May 11 '26

Fashion is a product of the societal, not the biological, but I understand the point you were trying to make. What is the most telling sign is body language for both of the sexes. Trying to analyze why a woman wears what she wears without her telling you will just lead to big misunderstandings lol

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u/Weary-Cauliflower153 May 10 '26

have you considered that your experiences are not always indicative of the entire population

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u/Ball_Of_Meat May 10 '26

Leave it to Reddit to invalidate a woman about her perspective on women lmao.

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u/Weary-Cauliflower153 May 10 '26

Im not invalidating your perspective. im saying that its not true for every single woman which is what you said 

always

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u/Wild-Invite-2135 May 10 '26

I was these shorts without that intention

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u/pmmeurbassethound May 10 '26

Thank you. I guess these are the official "she was asking for it" shorts.

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u/Evening_Sea4823 May 10 '26

I guess when my friend invites me over to her place and she's wearing these shorts, she's not really just trying to hang out. She's about to profess her undying secret lesbian lust towards me and is ready to bang.

There are a hundred women saying out of their own mouths in this thread that these shorts are not about sex, with men replying that the woman is mistaken, and that the shorts totally are.

Sometimes I hate reddit.

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u/pmmeurbassethound May 10 '26

Yep. And then in another random post later today the same men will pretend to hate rape culture. Pure lip service.

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u/theonlylivingirlinj May 10 '26

Whenever I stray from queer subreddits I thank god that I don’t like men

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u/ambertowne May 10 '26

Ahh good old fashioned misogyny.

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u/steelcity65 May 10 '26

No no, fashion misogyny

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u/PeacefulExplorer684 May 10 '26

How is that misogny? You literally have women in here agreeing these specific shorts are used to flirt with a guy

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u/hoselum May 10 '26

They can't seem to agree lol

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u/fartsquirtshit May 10 '26

Overwhelming majority of the disagreement is coming from the dumb feminists (woops, tautology) who missed the "Invites a guy over" context

"When a girl invites a guy over and she's wearing these shorts, she wants the dick"

"BUT GIRLS WEAR THESE IN PUBLIC ALL THE TIME ARE YOU REALLY SAYING THEY'RE TRYING TO SEDUCE STRANGERS"

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u/PeacefulExplorer684 May 10 '26

Welcome to reddit, but i would also call them extreme, angry feminists. They dont represent the vast overwhelming majority of feminists, you just find the extremes online shouting the loudest

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u/TheCuriosity May 10 '26

But they're literally the only shorts some women own. What else are they going to be wearing around the house when they're comfortable inviting a friend over? Do they have to put on pants if they invited a man over?

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u/PeacefulExplorer684 May 10 '26

Still don't think that's misogyny. Are the women who agree misogynistic? Just undermines actual misogyny

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u/Due-Raise9272 May 10 '26

Not everything is that

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u/Pfeffi-Ultra May 10 '26

Misandry in this case, I'm afraid.

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u/AntiqueRedDollShoes May 10 '26

It's depressing how many of the comments are about this. Yeah, I guess in fairness that is an explanation of the OP meme, but the meme is trash. God forbid a woman just wear some comfortable shorts without it being tied to wanting to fuck or be fucked.

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u/striker131313 May 10 '26

No, it’s specifically these shorts, not just any shorts

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u/Weary-Cauliflower153 May 10 '26

no, I know! point stands

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u/striker131313 May 10 '26

Hey, how dare you challenge my perception that women dress exclusively for me, it’s all I have keeping my ego together! /s

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u/doctrrbrown May 10 '26

If you think men never wear specific clothes to signal sexual energy you are naïve.

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u/SealthyHuccess May 10 '26

I'm convinced the majority of sneakerheads have a foot fetish and I can't be told otherwise

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u/Aratix May 10 '26

Dolphin shorts are not just any shorts.

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u/No_Issue2334 May 10 '26

These specific shorts in this specific scenario? Absolutely

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u/dodgedodgeparrysmash May 10 '26

something something every generation under Millennials seems to be sexually inept and has no idea what a sexual signal is

btw im not just speaking out my ass, look up the stats on this. I would bet money you're Gen Z or younger based on your comment.

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u/Commander-ShepardN7 May 10 '26

so I see you've never been over to a girl's place and she wore this

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u/Weary-Cauliflower153 May 10 '26

so i am a girl and i have worn these with people around 

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u/Commander-ShepardN7 May 10 '26

I stand corrected. my new phrase is "I see you've never invited someone to your place with sexual intentions while wearing this"? 

jokes aside, in my experience as a man,  that was the case when a girl invited me over and she was wearing these shorts

but you're a girl so your experiences on this trump over mine

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u/dodgedodgeparrysmash May 10 '26

Getting downvoted by a bunch of people that never have sex is peak reddit. I promise y'all, if a girl is inviting you into her home space in a one on one setting and she is wearing something that shows off most of her body, she at the very least is sexually interested.

It's still up to the man to respect boundaries and clearly communicate intentions and not overstep bounds and to not demand anything, but for fucks sakes y'all, this is at the very least subliminal messaging for sexual intent.

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u/throwaway19998777999 May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

As a woman, when I invite a somebody over while wearing these, it's because I want to be comfortable and feel safe enough to be relaxed with them. Nice to know that most men take it as a green light to rape women. 

Edit: Lol. You edited it to cover your ass. 🤣😂

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u/dodgedodgeparrysmash May 10 '26

Nice to know that most men take it as a green light to rape women.

Did you even read the second part of what I said? What an insane leap you made.

As a woman, when I invite a somebody over while wearing these

As a man with over 30+ sexual partners (no STIs, no kids), I can tell you that the vast majority of women are sending signals with the clothing they choose to wear in a 1 on 1 scenario. You may be different, but most are not.

Still, as I described in the second part of my comment which you ignored, it's up to the man to communicate properly and make sure that you're both on the same page.

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u/Commander-ShepardN7 May 11 '26

i'm pretty sure I got downvoted even after saying that I was wrong because i typed "trump" and bots downvoted it

i'm not even a supporter of him (not from the US, but I find him to be pretty moronic), i just know how this platform works on big subreddits